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Horse Vault, Men

Date17 – 20 July 1924
StatusOlympic
LocationStade Olympique de Colombes, Colombes
Participants70 from 9 countries
FormatPlacement determined by best scores on apparatus in individual all-around event.

Until the late 1970s it was very rare for American gymnasts to be competitive at the international level. Their only Olympic gold medals until then occurred at the 1904 and 1932 Olympics, held on US soil – with one exception – this event. Frank Kriz was completely unknown in Europe but won the horse vault narrowly over Czechoslovakian Jan Koutný. Kriz finished only 19th in the individual all-around and made the top 10 only in rope climbing and on the side horse, other than the horse vault. He was helped because the event was not held under standard international rules, but was more of a high jump- or high vault-type event. Kriz also competed at the Olympics in 1920 and 1928. Before 1976, the only other USA gymnastic medal, at a non-domestic Olympics, would come when the women’s team won a bronze medal in 1948. Koutný competed at the 1928 Olympics, where he won a silver medal in the team event, but this was his only individual Olympic medal.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1Frank KrizUSA9.980Gold
2Jan KoutnýTCH9.970Silver
3Bohumil MořkovskýTCH9.930Bronze
4Leon ŠtukeljYUG9.910
5Max WandrerUSA9.850
6Janez PorentaYUG9.760
=7Ferdinando MandriniITA9.750
=7Miroslav KlingerTCH9.750
9Robert PražákTCH9.730
10Ladislav VáchaTCH9.700
=11Al JochimUSA9.580
=11Curt RottmannUSA9.580
13Albert SéguinFRA9.450
14Luigi CambiasoITA9.370
15Bedřich ŠupčíkTCH9.330
16Thomas HopkinsGBR9.220
17August GüttingerSUI9.080
18Jean GounotFRA9.000
19Harold BrownGBR8.920
20Léon DelsarteFRA8.770
21Luigi MaioccoITA8.750
22Harry FinchettGBR8.450
23Jean GutwenigerSUI8.370
24Otto PfisterSUI8.330
25Georges MiezSUI8.170
26Stane DergancYUG8.000
27Émile MunhovenLUX7.780
28Miha OswaldYUG7.716
=29Frank SafandaUSA7.660
=29Jacques PalzerLUX7.660
31John MaisUSA7.580
32John PearsonUSA7.500
33François GangloffFRA7.430
34Mario LertoraITA7.320
=35Jaakko KunnasFIN7.230
=35Mikko HämäläinenFIN7.230
37Akseli RoineFIN7.220
38Aarne RoineFIN7.170
39Stane ŽiličYUG7.150
40Alphonse HigelinFRA7.130
=41Giuseppe ParisITA7.080
=41Hans GriederSUI7.080
=43Rudolph NovakUSA7.000
=43Otto SuhonenFIN7.000
45Vittorio LucchettiITA6.900
46Josef WilhelmSUI6.870
47Väinö KaronenFIN6.500
48Théo JeitzLUX5.850
49Jože PrimožičYUG5.750
50Albert NeumannLUX5.680
51Eugène CordonnierFRA5.630
52Charles QuainoLUX5.580
53Giorgio ZamporiITA5.500
54Joseph HuberFRA5.420
55Alfred SpencerGBR5.150
56Stanley LeighGBR5.070
=57Francesco MartinoITA4.830
=57Carl WidmerSUI4.830
59Stan HumphreysGBR4.600
60Mathias ErangLUX3.850
61Rastko PoljšakYUG3.616
62Slavko HlastanYUG3.400
63Fred HawkinsGBR3.270
64Eetu KostamoFIN3.170
65Pierre TolarLUX2.000
66Eevert KerttulaFIN1.170
=67Arthur HermannFRA0.000
=67Antoine RebetezSUI0.000
=67Ernest LeighGBR0.000
=67Mathias WeishauptLUX0.000